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- Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14464
Re: Jon Corby
I've just had to go look in the mirror. I don't think I am either of you.
- Mon Jan 09, 2017 7:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Jon Corby
- Replies: 32
- Views: 14464
Re: Jon Corby
Well I fucking hell didn't.Mark Deeks wrote:I KNEW IT.
- Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:14 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 274967
Re: Deathwatch 2017
In a Strangers On A Train vein? Indeed, good point.Gavin Chipper wrote:Also, can't you get together with someone else and murder the people on each other's lists?
The more you look at it, this rule just hasn't been very well thought out at all.
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 8:55 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deathwatch 2017
- Replies: 467
- Views: 274967
Re: Deathwatch 2017
Doesn't rule 4 actively encourage cheating?
- Thu Dec 29, 2016 4:16 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 55240
Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?
And now Debbie Reynolds has passed away, one day after her daughter Carrie Fisher. Reynolds often appeared on TV chat shows, where she would usually do impersonations of Zsa Zsa Gabor.
Re: Crisps
Yep - as with most flavours though, not a patch on the real thing.Marc Meakin wrote:Someone will need to verify this , but I am sure there was hedgehog flavour crisps back in the eighties.
- Sun Nov 27, 2016 5:46 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 55240
Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?
Most of his losses came towards the end of his career, long after he should have called it a day. His losses to Frazier and Norton were avenged, he has a winning overall record against them. The years when he should have been at his peak were stripped from him, yet even so in his first (unbeaten) ph...
- Sat Nov 26, 2016 9:21 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who would be the biggest deaths?
- Replies: 236
- Views: 55240
Re: Who would be the biggest deaths?
magician guy who was married to someone called Debbie? Was he on TV? I have no idea. You're lucky to have missed out - for a long time it seemed he was never off the TV. I remember watching him die horribly on TV at Silverstone after being hit by a car driven by Jackie Stewart in a magic stunt gone...
- Wed Nov 16, 2016 10:00 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Best ever contestants
- Replies: 551
- Views: 428601
Re: Best ever contestants
I would have needed that time machine to consider McColm an all time great when I wrote it. I was talking more about talent levels, of course the modern player can improve their game to a point way beyond what the early Countdown champs could achieve. But that's a bit like saying Nico Rosberg is bet...
- Mon Nov 14, 2016 7:23 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 751501
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
I'd have thought she is too old to risk having that sort of operation.
- Fri Nov 04, 2016 1:51 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
- Replies: 648
- Views: 340675
Re: REALLY obvious things you've just realised
So Thom Yorke now hates your girlfriend?
- Thu Oct 13, 2016 8:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Songs In Games
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7978
Re: Favourite Songs In Games
I did make a tape of all my fave C64 tunes once I knew its days were numbered (ie that I was getting an Amiga). Must dig it out. Rob Hubbard also did an excellent synth piece of music that was featured on a freebie tape that came with one of the issues of Zzap! 64. Worth checking out if you are a fan.
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:28 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Questions you've always wanted answered
- Replies: 1617
- Views: 751501
Re: Questions you've always wanted answered
Quite a few adverts show customer data at the bottom of the screen such as "84% of 189 women agree" and so forth. This can easily (if you're stupid or not paying attention) be misread or misinterpreted as "84 out of 189", which isn't exactly a ringing endorsement. Why don't they ...
- Tue Oct 11, 2016 8:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Favourite Songs In Games
- Replies: 57
- Views: 7978
Re: Favourite Songs In Games
I remember a game song with the lyrics ' war, never been so much fun' can't remember the game though The rather excellent Cannon Fodder. In the Rob Hubbard debate, I thought Action Biker was his best tune. Tony Crowther did a good job on Suicide Express, especially considering he was a game writer ...
- Mon Sep 19, 2016 6:16 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Coincidence
- Replies: 224
- Views: 90793
Re: Coincidence
I was certainly impressed, although when you think about it the chance of a 0.213 gap between any 2 drivers isn't all that unlikely I suppose. Also, given that the average IQ on that forum is approximately 100 lower than this one (assuming Steven M McCann is no longer a member here), the chances of ...
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:59 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Definition of Since
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3838
Re: Definition of Since
No, so on reflection maybe that really is freaky. I would imagine the crossover between that forum and this one is pretty small in terms of common members.Gavin Chipper wrote: Are you RPM40? I did wonder if it was someone from this forum that also posted there. It still took the coincidence of the 0.213s gap though.
- Sun Sep 18, 2016 10:12 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Definition of Since
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3838
Re: Definition of Since
Not as freaky as the fact that that's the website I was just posting on a few minutes ago just before I came to this one.
- Sun Aug 21, 2016 9:15 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: The Mandela Effect
- Replies: 49
- Views: 8671
Re: The Mandela Effect
But every single copy of the film I can track down has her with perfect teeth, no braces. However, I assume this is my brain going wrong rather than some mysterious woo style conspiracy to change reality. My brain must have gone even more wrong than yours then, because not only do I remember the br...
- Mon Aug 15, 2016 8:16 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday August 15th 2016
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7253
Re: Spoilers For Monday August 15th 2016
Me too, and after a detailed mathematical and statistical analysis of why this might be, I have concluded that it's because I only get home at quarter to four.Steven M. McCann wrote:It may be a self fulfilling prophecy, but I spot more "nines" in the last letters selection than any other letters selection.
- Mon Jun 06, 2016 8:44 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: IMDB top 250
- Replies: 57
- Views: 20010
Re: IMDB top 250
Not only a shit film, but went so far over budget that producer Lew Grade famously remarked that it would have been cheaper to lower the Atlantic.Marc Meakin wrote:worst films I have seen
Raise the Titanic
- Tue May 24, 2016 8:09 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Dress and make-up when appearing on show
- Replies: 25
- Views: 9937
Re: Dress and make-up when appearing on show
The set's been that colour for about 7 years.Jon Corby wrote: fucks sake spoilers
- Fri Mar 25, 2016 3:29 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: People you shouldn't trust
- Replies: 921
- Views: 496137
Re: People you shouldn't trust
Then he should have left it a bit longer. It's not as if I get chance to login every fucking day.JimBentley wrote:I did consider that option but thought that Jon would leave that sort of joke - i.e. one made by someone with a less advanced sense of humour - to someone else
- Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:53 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Countdowners on Other (non-quiz) Shows
- Replies: 14
- Views: 8983
Re: Countdowners on Other (non-quiz) Shows
Lol, I can see how you made that mistake, but I think you'll find that's actually David Dimbleby.
- Mon Feb 29, 2016 9:08 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday February 29th 2016
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3220
Re: Spoilers For Monday February 29th 2016
At the end of Tom Cappleman's run, I noted that he had won 77 of his 120 octorun rounds which I thought might have been the record.
Paul won 82.
Paul won 82.
- Tue Feb 23, 2016 8:26 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd February
- Replies: 10
- Views: 6308
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday 23rd February
Yeah, he sure knows what he's doing. I think he is very slightly behind Dylan and Jen's max rate, but he's playing safe on the numbers rounds and not risking dodgy words, so The Record Holder might be in trouble. It's a hell of a standard to maintain for 4 more shows though.
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 6:19 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deliberately Silly Factoids
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11529
Re: Deliberately Silly Factoids
Shooting Stars did do the Great Wall of China question because I saw it! The bit that made it silly was questioning whether it could ONLY be seen from space. Ulrika said true and Vic pointed out that you could be stood right next to it. I think the General Ignorance of QI can cover any topic whilst ...
- Fri Feb 19, 2016 7:44 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1757
- Views: 779730
Re: Ask Graeme?
My only real prediction was that Jen would get to the final, based on a comment she had made about never having made it to a final, which I interpreted as some kind of double bluff.
- Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:06 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deliberately Silly Factoids
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11529
Re: Deliberately Silly Factoids
Can we test this one?Mark Deeks wrote:I think another one of the originals was that Billy Bragg could breath underwater.
- Tue Feb 16, 2016 8:12 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Deliberately Silly Factoids
- Replies: 45
- Views: 11529
Re: Deliberately Silly Factoids
Stuart Maconie came up with most of those NME ones I think (that wasn't meant to be my deliberately silly factoid by the way). The internet doesn't always allow things to be debunked easily. In my field of interest there are countless times I read things that are pure nonsense but are taken as gospe...
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 5:30 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Who are your heroes?
- Replies: 20
- Views: 5793
Re: Who are your heroes?
Another motorsport obsessive here, so Colin Chapman, Jim Clark, Stirling Moss, Jimmy Bryan and Mike Hailwood for starters.
In other fields, Ray Davies, Richard Feynman, Herge and Alfred Hitchcock are the first that spring to mind.
In other fields, Ray Davies, Richard Feynman, Herge and Alfred Hitchcock are the first that spring to mind.
- Fri Feb 12, 2016 4:59 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Friday 12 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 15)
- Replies: 15
- Views: 3586
Re: Spoilers for Friday 12 February 2016 (Series 74 Prelim 15)
Yeah, you'd think she would know that 3x3 is more than 2x2x2.Tony Atkins wrote:Rachel did badly on the impossible six small - best is 108 not 96 - you add the 1s to the 2s and not to each other before multiplying.
I know it must be difficult under the lights with all the pressure and so on, but still. Fuck me.
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 6:48 pm
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Celebrity fun
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5599
Re: Celebrity fun
I think Jennifer was simply quoting from the website. I doubt any celebrity insulted her after they had died. She may not even have a brother.
- Sat Jan 23, 2016 9:01 am
- Forum: Off-topic
- Topic: Celebrity fun
- Replies: 42
- Views: 5599
Re: Celebrity fun
Harry H Corbett who was the the original Sooty and Sweep man told my little brother and I to fuck off. We did not know what he meant as we were six and four at the time. I'm quite intrigued to know which Harry Corbett did this - Harry H Corbett of Steptoe & Son or Harry "No H" Corbett...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
- Replies: 69
- Views: 21072
Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Fabulous end to a wonderful competition, well done to all who took part. It was obvious that the games would be of a ludicrous standard, but it was maybe a little surprising how many of them had twists and turns that hopefully alleviated any worries about the entertainment element of an all Apterite...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 9:15 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9801
Re: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
Out of interest, what did Jen say that you guys thought was particularly spoilerish? She said something a couple of weeks back about the fact that she had never made it to a final, which was clearly a bluff that totally gave away that she made it to the final in this competition. Fortunately for ev...
- Fri Jan 22, 2016 6:23 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
- Replies: 69
- Views: 21072
Re: CoC Grand Final Spoilers For Friday January 22nd 2016
Harsh.Jon O'Neill wrote:CoCs never fail to disappoint.
- Tue Jan 19, 2016 4:39 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9801
Re: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
Sent you a PM Graeme - don't want to spoil it for others if I'm right.
EDIT - hmm, it seems to be stuck in my outbox though - is your inbox full or am I doing something wrong?
EDIT - hmm, it seems to be stuck in my outbox though - is your inbox full or am I doing something wrong?
- Mon Jan 18, 2016 9:49 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
- Replies: 53
- Views: 9801
Re: CoC Quarter-Final 3 Spoilers For Monday January 18th 2016
My parents assumed he'd thrown the game because of this SRSLY? Why on earth would Callum want to throw the game? And wouldn't it have been deeply insulting if he had? It's not as if you need any help to win games of Countdown! Great performance though, v well done - even if I kind of knew you were ...
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 9:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43295
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
100 75 50 25 3 3 => 996 ?Clive Brooker wrote:What numbers solution requires the highest intermediate solution?
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 1:19 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8048
Re: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
Bit surprised that there were no matchups involving people from the same series if it was a truly random draw, but then that's just based on gut feel which is a notoriously shit way of estimating probabilities.
- Wed Jan 13, 2016 11:38 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
- Replies: 23
- Views: 8048
Re: CoC Preliminary 7 Spoilers For Tuesday January 12th 2016
You could argue that 2 out of the 3 biggest names in the competition met in the prelims (Giles Hutchings v Heather Styles). Only Antoinette Ryan is as big a name as those two.
- Tue Jan 12, 2016 9:42 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43295
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
Not sure if that was what you were hoping for in terms of being more interesting - the small numbers are fairly predictable in each case, but at least there's a bit of variation with the large ones. Cheers Jon. The 4 large one is interesting (a relative term of course) - it shows once again that 4 ...
- Mon Jan 11, 2016 9:12 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43295
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
Which impossible numbers games by category are the furthest from being solvable? I worded that terribly, but if I give 1 1 2 2 3 3 => 999 as the 6 small one, and presumably 25 1 1 2 2 3 => 999 as the 1 large one then you get the idea. Hopefully it gets more interesting with 2 large and above. Thanks...
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43295
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
Ah yes, the Bernard Cribbins follow up single that got banned.Thomas Carey wrote:Fuck's sake Fred
- Wed Jan 06, 2016 11:21 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
- Replies: 134
- Views: 43295
Re: How many Numbers puzzles are there in total?
There are 2850 possible 6 smalls, 5808 of 1 large, 3690 of 2 large, 840 of 3 large and 55 of 4 large, so 13243 different selections in total. As to how to work it out, it's all about factorials. For example, the number of 6 small is 10!/(6!4!) plus 10!/(5!5!) x 5!/(1!4!) plus 10!/(4!6!) x 4!/(2!2!) ...
- Sat Nov 21, 2015 7:54 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Friday November 20th 2015
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1717
Re: Spoilers For Friday November 20th 2015
No, I double checked on the wiki, it's definitely Rachel.
- Wed Nov 18, 2015 7:57 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th November 2015
- Replies: 20
- Views: 7898
Re: Spoilers for Wednesday 18th November 2015
How on earth did Matt miss IMPARTED? it was practically spelt out in the selection! I've noticed this sort of thing from top players on several occasions. I guess it's because many of them write the letters down in a circular formation, and therefore might miss something that looks obvious to someo...
- Thu Nov 12, 2015 10:47 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For S22 P56 (repeated on Wednesday 21st October 2015)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2239
Re: Spoilers For S22 P56 (repeated on Wednesday 21st October 2015)
You're much more observant than I am, I didn't even realise I had been away.Jon Corby wrote:Where you been Fred?
- Mon Nov 09, 2015 6:06 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday November 9th 2015
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2678
Re: Spoilers For Monday November 9th 2015
What was the max in R12? The wiki suggests 8, but offers nothing longer than 6.
- Sun Nov 08, 2015 10:13 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For S22 P56 (repeated on Wednesday 21st October 2015)
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2239
Re: Spoilers For S22 P56 (repeated on Wednesday 21st October 2015)
I bet Martin lost.
- Sat Jul 25, 2015 7:52 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
- Replies: 306
- Views: 99983
Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
I think some of your observations/remarks in this thread are needlessly crass/bitchy I was all ready to defend myself, but when I read some of it back, I actually agree :( Apologies for any offence caused - especially as all of the potential CoC candidates could beat me by at least 50 points whilst...
- Tue Jun 16, 2015 9:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday June 15th 2015
- Replies: 34
- Views: 6043
Re: Spoilers For Monday June 15th 2015
C1 would then have a perverse incentive to declare 1 away to score 7 points rather than declare his exact solution to score 10. If the score going into the conundrum is 95-85, C1 could still finish with 105, but if the score is 95-88, he can only get 98. This is the Countdown equivalent of the infa...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:22 am
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
- Replies: 306
- Views: 99983
Re: The next Championship of Champions - now back on topic
I hope just being a Grand Finalist doesn't guarantee a CoC place this time around, otherwise the places are all filled - the finalists from series 67 to 73, plus Eoin and Oliver. Losing the grand final doesn't make a player the 2nd best of the series - in many cases, great players fell short before ...
- Sat Jun 13, 2015 12:15 am
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
- Replies: 24
- Views: 6939
Re: Grand Final Spoilers For Friday June 12th 2015
Yes, you seem to max or nearly max every episode. You really ought to go on the show, you'd be unbeatable.James Robinson wrote:Me and Jack Worsley amazingly double-maxed the final
- Tue Jun 02, 2015 8:46 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday June 2nd 2015 (S72 P93)
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3310
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday June 2nd 2015 (S72 P93)
So what's happened to Jonny Rye?
- Sat Apr 25, 2015 4:07 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1757
- Views: 779730
Re: Ask Graeme?
Her death was reported on this forum quite recently.Johnny Canuck wrote:Helen Grayson really should join Apterous.
I personally consider her and Harvey Freeman to be the 2 best players of the 9 round era.
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:24 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5269
Re: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015
Dylan 76, Jen 70.
- Mon Mar 30, 2015 8:22 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015
- Replies: 15
- Views: 5269
Re: Spoilers For Monday March 30th 2015
I make it that Tom beat his opponent in 77 of the 120 rounds of his octorun.
As not even Dylan or Jen did as well as that, I'm guessing it could be a record.
As not even Dylan or Jen did as well as that, I'm guessing it could be a record.
- Tue Feb 10, 2015 9:32 pm
- Forum: Countdown - Spoilers
- Topic: Spoilers for Tuesday February 10th 2015 (S72 P27)
- Replies: 14
- Views: 4690
Re: Spoilers for Tuesday February 10th 2015 (S72 P27)
If it was that low scoring a game I think I'll give it a miss.
- Sun Feb 08, 2015 4:40 pm
- Forum: Countdown - General
- Topic: Ask Graeme?
- Replies: 1757
- Views: 779730
Re: Ask Graeme?
The sensible definition of max you mean. It's not just me anyway. I agree completely, that's why it's the definiton I use too. A max should be "doing the best that it's possible to do" rather than "scoring the most available points, even though you might not have done so if your oppo...